>>1355142No, but I did have to save someone's life before
>Be on contract with summer guiding gig>hiking some tourists down the Sundance Trailhead into Dark Canyon to go explore pristine blue pools and shit>my supervisor who's a massive asshole planned the route for me and my crew>trail descends into ravine near the confluence of Dark, Lean-to and Lost Canyon down in Manti La Sal National Forest>1,200 foot vertical drop on a fucking scree field of all things with barely any worked trail>85 degrees at night>middle of July>it's 110 degrees during the day>FUCK>clients start dropping like flies up and down the canyon wall even though we tell their dumb asses to keep chugging water>3 hours later and we all make it to the bottom>that night, this one larger dude passes out>older guy, mid-50's father of 3, 270 lbs and some sort of golf salesman or something>won't wake up>breathing is erratic>losing color in all his limbs as he goes into shock and shunts moisture to his core>respiration stops and goes in cycles>other guide panics and forgets their medical training>have to take care of this asshole all by myself while the other two guides triangulate our position and use the SAT phone to contact basecamp>manage to keep him stable for 4 hours until a helicopter lands in the canyon confluence and flies the dumb fuck to a hospital in MoabI love my job and it's nice to get paid good money being /out/ but sometimes I wish my clients would actually listen and drink fucking water. Also fuck the asshole expedition director who forced us down that suicide route. I've never wanted to punch somebody so hard.
